OBAMA Admin Committed Felonies by SPYING and UNMASKING TRUMPs Team For POLITICAL Purposes.

Here, it is critical to bear in mind something that can easily be forgotten. The sole purpose of foreign intelligence collection is to understand the
actions and intentions of foreign powers and their operatives. If the government’s purpose is to understand the actions and intentions of American
citizens, there are two proper ways to go about that: (a) conduct a criminal investigation in which the American citizens can be targeted for
court-authorized surveillance based on probable cause of a crime, or (b) conduct a FISA investigation in which the American citizens can be targeted
for court-authorized surveillance based on probable cause that they are acting as agents of a foreign power. If neither of those two alternatives is
chosen, then the American citizens are not supposed to be the subject of the intelligence collection effort — they are supposed to be protected. The
snooping to which they are subjected is an incidental byproduct (i.e., an unintentional albeit inevitable consequence) of snooping on foreign powers.
The incidental snooping deprives them of privacy protections rooted in law — the requirement that the government obtain a judicial warrant before
seizing and eavesdropping on their communications. The law allows this to happen, but only if post hoc safeguards are applied.

Comey stated the trump campaign was under investigation since july of 16, and investigation that would have been able to secure fisa warrants.

Clapper states there were no fisa warrants for the trump campaign.
Clapper also states the was no evidence of collusion with russia for the trump campaign.

If there is no evidence of collusion why was rice able to get raw intel on the trump campaign?
If there is no evidence of a national security issue why was rice able to get raw intel on the trump campaign?

I have been authorized by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian
government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals
associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts. As
with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed.

The fbi was investigating the trump campaign for collusion with the russians in july of 2016
The fbi investigation would have been given a fisa warrant if they asked.

I will point out again Clapper stated there was no evidence of collusion or crime. I believe that includes issues of national security.

If that was clappers assessment then rice had no legitimate reason to obtain the raw data.

The FULL DOCS have never been shared with Nunes or the Intelligence Committee.

A short time earlier Friday, Mr. Trump was briefed on the intelligence community’s findings by Clapper, FBI Director James Comey, CIA Director John
Brennan and NSA Adm. Mike Rogers. Following the briefing at Trump Tower in New York, Mr. Trump released a statement on what he called a
“constructive meeting and conversation” saying that the cyberattacks had “no effect on the outcome of the election.” “While Russia, China,
other countries, outside groups and people are consistently trying to break through the cyber infrastructure of our governmental institutions,
businesses and organizations including the Democrat National Committee, there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election including the
fact that there was no tampering whatsoever with voting machines,” Mr. Trump said. Earlier Friday, the intelligence chiefs briefed senior lawmakers.
“It was really quite a stunning disclosure,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said at her weekly press conference. “When you
see this report, you will see with confidence how the intelligence community has identified what we have seen.”

Children in government custody have reportedly been beaten with metal cables, whips and wooden and metal batons, and suffered electric shock, mock
executions, cigarette burns, sleep deprivation and solitary confinement, and sexual violence, including rape and threats of rape, the report
says.

Women and children 'tortured' in Syria’s prisons under Assad regime news.sky.com...

A defector in 2013 provided thousands of photos, I don't have the heart to link to them.

Right before the war

"Syrian security is now releasing detainees with unhealed wounds caused by torture in order to spread panic and fear among people hoping it will
reduce the numbers participating in demonstrations," said Wissam Tarif, Director of Insan, a leading Syrian human rights organisation, which has
documented cases of torture.

Hundreds of disappearances

Across Syria a campaign of mass arrests since the uprising began in mid-March has seen more than 7,000 Syrians arbitrarily detained and thrown into
prisons, according to a count by activists, contacting detainees' family and friends.

The detained include a wide cross section of society, mainly young men aged between 20 and 50, but including children and elderly, especially
activists and those involved in protests or seen filming them, but also community leaders, imams and students.

HIMES: Thank you. Director Comey, in -- in the remaining minutes here. I appreciate your frankness on the topic of an ongoing investigation and
appreciate your inability to go too much further than you went. But I do want to ask you a question to try to clear up some confusion. This committee,
of course, is engaged in investigation about links, as you said, between the Trump campaign and the Russians, should there be any possible collusion.
We've had a number of statements very early in the investigation that there was no evidence of collusion. This is still very early in our
investigation, is it fair to say that you're still relatively early in your investigation? COMEY: It's hard to say because I don't how much longer it
will take. But we've been doing this -- this investigation began in late July, so for counterintelligence investigation that's a fairly short period
of time.

In his late July comment he is speaking about the broader Russia Investigation.

no he is not
he is speaking about 1 investigation

this investigation began in late July

and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether
there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts.

It is the words straight from the head of the fbi during the house intel committee .

No one knows what evidence they have now. Only that the investigation scope now includes potential collusion.

wow really
You get proven wrong and now "no one knows".
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or do you not believe the 16 agencies of the ic?

Actually. No he didn't get proven wrong. You just suck at understanding context. Yes there is one investigation, but the investigation has evolved
over time to include more investigatory angles. The collusion angle being one of them. You are just being deliberately obtuse because you can't admit
that you were wrong.

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